News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - With the 2021 wildfire year upon us, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a statewide Fire Prevention Order to help prevent the risk of wildfires igniting in Utah. To protect people and public lands, effective May 18, 2021, the use/discharge of explosive material or exploding targets, and fireworks or steel component ammunition on BLM-managed lands in Utah is prohibited.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman, (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man stands charged with distributing a controlled substance containing fentanyl that resulted in a person’s overdose death in October of last year.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1629, the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and other Republican Committee leaders today introduced a long-term surface transportation reauthorization bill that provides historic levels of investment in America’s roads, bridges, and core infrastructure to meet the Nation’s growing transportation needs.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the wholly unacceptable report from the State Department on the Russian malign influence project, Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The report announced sanctions on eight new entities, but did not include sanctions...
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: The Specialty Crop Regulatory Assistance (SCRA) is holding its 2021 workshop on the “Nuts and Bolts" of U.S. biotechnology regulations virtually on June 8-9, 2021. SCRA assists public and private-sector developers of biotechnology-derived specialty crops in their efforts to navigate the U.S. regulatory ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A criminal complaint has been filed charging the manager of a pain clinic, her boyfriend, and several customers with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone and oxymorphone. The defendants charged in the criminal complaint are.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the drivers and impacts of biodiversity loss, as well as potential policy solutions. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: “… [at the Arctic Council Ministerial] I’ll reaffirm America’s commitment to meeting our climate goals and encourage other Arctic nations to do the same."
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Today, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner announced the formation of a regional carjacking task force designed to promote cross-border coordination in the prosecution of carjacking cases. Mr. Lenzner was joined in making the announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Aaron Willis, 38, of Maryland, was sentenced today to a term of 36 months’ probation, 6 months’ of intermittent incarceration and six months’ home confinement for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for unlawfully providing information contained in non-public police paperwork...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Francis Harrington, 38, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: ARPA-E Program Will Fund Projects Aiming for Tenfold Reduction in Spent Nuclear Fuel, Minimizing Need for Disposal Sites
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement after Cheniere Energy missed a deadline imposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to repair family farms along the Midship Pipeline. Cheniere Energy...
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 DOE Budget:"
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight...
